2001 Translation

EUĒTHESTATON, euēthestaton

Sounds Like: yoo-AY-thays-tah-ton

Translations: most simple, most foolish, most naive, a most simple thing, a most foolish thing, a most naive thing

From the root: ΕΥ̓ΗΘΗΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'εὐήθης' (euēthēs), meaning 'simple' or 'foolish'. As a superlative, it means 'most simple', 'most foolish', or 'most naive'. It describes something or someone as being exceedingly simple-minded, gullible, or lacking in shrewdness. It can be used to describe a quality or a thing that embodies this extreme simplicity or foolishness.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Superlative

Strong’s number: G2162 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 28:260

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΗΘΗΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΕΥ̓ΗΘΕΣ — simple, a simple, foolish, a foolish, silly, a silly, naive, a naive
• ΕΥ̓ΗΘΗΣ — simple, foolish, silly, good-natured, guileless
• ΕΥ̓ΗΘΩΣ — simply, foolishly, naively, sincerely

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